Quoting Eric Thomas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Thu, 18 Jun 1998 00:54:26 -0400 Rich Kulawiec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> >But it's clearly been understood for well over a decade that one can
> >expect to find an agent of *some* kind -- either human or software -- at
> >that address,
>
> No, it's not clearly been understood for well over a decade at all. For
> one thing, over a decade ago there was exactly one mailing list manager
> available, LISTSERV, and it did not sit at -request. Your Honour, I'm
> afraid the first use of -request for the command address dates back to
> somewhere around 93.
>
Unless you're talking about the context of MLM's ONLY, which is not how it
seems from what you've said above, then my anecdote trumps yours.
I'm the manager of a list that has been around since '85, has always used the
-request convention, and grew out of machines hosted on .arpa machines that
ALSO used the -request convention.
Ignoring the worth (or not) of 2412?,
JB
